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Full-Day Tour: Colonial Antigua, Jade Factory and Textile Experience
Antigua, Central Highlands, Guatemala
$60
This is an experience gift voucher. The recipient will book the experience after
they redeem the gift voucher.
Overview
Starting in the same city, Antigua Guatemala, we begin to explore this fascinating city and learn about its history during colonial times. You will learn about the many wonders of this city, once considered the third most important Spanish colony in the America, and also explore the villages surrounding Antigua, observing their colorful textiles made in waist looms by women, learning their history and visiting a Macadamia Farm.
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Antigua FD Surrounding Village
Enjoy and learn about it’s history during colonial times of this city, explore the surrounding villages and visit a Macadamia Plantation
Enjoy and learn about it’s history during colonial times of this city, explore the surrounding villages and visit a Macadamia Plantation
Tour guide
Language: English
Human tour guide
Duration: 8 hours
- Bilingual guide Spanish-English
- Hotel pickup and drop-off
- Gratuities
- Food and drinks, unless specified
- Alcoholic drinks (available to purchase)
Meeting point
These are our pick up points for our excursion. Please select your pick up point and be 15 minutes prior the starting time.
Return details
These are our pick up points for our excursion. Please select your pick up point and be 15 minutes prior the starting time.
- You will be pick up in our meeting point to start a day full of history, beautiful landscapes and walk on cobblestone streets, We will also enjoy an afternoon tour of the towns around Antigua and a macadamia farm. Antigua Guatemala, Once the third largest city in all of Spanish Colonial America and for 200 years the capital of Guatemala, it is today a peaceful, beautiful and partially restored colonial city. Cobblestone streets wind through the city of majestic churches and monasteries. (pass by)
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Iglesia de La MercedLa Merced Church of Guatemalan Ultrabaroque style, this temple has two bell towers. On the facade of the church, in its upper part is a sculpture of San Pedro Nolasco, founder of the Mercedarian Order.
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Arco de Santa CatalinaSanta Catalina Arch, built to connect the nuns between cloisters to avoid being seen due to the votes that the religious who belonged to that Order took, After the earthquakes of 1773, the arch became important due to the arrangements that were made. These arrangements included the construction of a turret and the inclusion of a Lamy Amp Lacroix watch of French origin.
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The Plaza Central ParkCentral Park surrounded by the traditional grid pattern used frequently in urban planning in the Spanish colonies. The park is surrounded by the Palace of the General Captains, the Town Hall, the Cathedral of San Jose and the Trade Portal. Here in the park, we will also find the Las Sirenas fountain. This fountain has a traditional oral where the Count of La Gomera ordered to build the fountain in memory of his daughters, who in giving birth did not want to breastfeed their children for what the count ordered To tie his daughters to a trunk in the center of a waterhole, where they died of thirst and hunger.
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Tanque de la UnionContinue our way we will visit the La Unión tank, which is one of the most representative laundries in this city, only the big houses had a place where they could be washed. For this reason, most of the inhabitants - housewives - went to public laundries. This was inaugurated on February 3, 1853.
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We will continue visiting the surrounding villages, San Antonio Aguas Calientes town that is characterized by its elaborate weavings made in waist looms by women of the community in our visit to the market we can see how they make these textiles.
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Church of Ciudad ViejaWe visit the towns of San Miguel Dueñas and Ciudad Vieja to learn about its history.
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To end our tour we will visit a Macadamia farm where we will learn about the cultivation of macadamia nuts, their agroindustrial process and the reforestation project and relax with a facial massage with macadamia oil.
- At end of the tour, you’ll be transferred back to your hotel in Antigua. (pass by)
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Full-Day Tour: Colonial Antigua, Jade Factory and Textile Experience
Antigua, Central Highlands, Guatemala
$60
This is an experience gift voucher. The recipient will book the experience after
they redeem the gift voucher.
How it works?
01
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You choose from 10,000+ experience gifts
02
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We deliver the eVoucher or the Physical box to the recipient
03
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Recipient books the experience and creates unforgettable memories!